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We’re proud to announce that Amsted is up for 10 Greater Ottawa Home Builders’ Association (GOHBA) Housing Design Awards! Eight of our projects have been named finalists AND we are a finalist for the coveted ‘Renovator of the Year’ and ‘Designer of the Year’ special awards. This is a testament to the power of our…

Amsted of Ottawa, Ontario recognized among the top customer service leaders in the residential construction industry.

In light of this extremely challenging year, we are celebrating the talent and resiliency this industry has shown. Amsted has been featured in ‘All Things Home’ as a recipient of a Canadian Home Builder’s Association Award in the Home Renovation category! For more on this accomplishment, read the article here!

Wow! Thanks to our fantastic clients, we’ve won an amazing 10th consecutive GuildQuality Guildmaster Award for customer satisfaction! Here’s how.

We are thrilled to announce that Amsted Design-Build is this year’s recipient of the prestigious Greater Ottawa Home Builders’ Association (GOHBA) Fred Nielsen Award. The award recognizes a company that makes “outstanding and lasting contribution to the association and the housing industry,” GOHBA president Roy Nandram said when announcing the award at the association’s annual…

Ottawa’s awards season is blessing us once again! Amsted came away with an exciting three wins at last week’s SAM Awards for sales and marketing  excellence organized by the Greater Ottawa Home Builders’ Association!

We have big news to share — Amsted has been named the Ottawa Renovator of the Year for a record 8th time! The award was one of three we earned at Saturday’s Housing Design Awards put on by the Greater Ottawa Home Builders’ Association and we are absolutely thrilled to share the news with everyone!

This basement renovation is all about flexibility and meeting the needs of the family both now and in the future. And it’s a finalist in this month’s Housing Design Awards put on by the Greater Ottawa Home Builders’ Association!

We are absolutely thrilled and honoured to announce that for a third time in the past six years, we’ve been named the provincial Renovator of the Year! This wonderful recognition came at an awards gala last night celebrating the winners in the Ontario Home Builders’ Association Awards of Distinction.

Kitchen and bathroom renos are among the most popular projects homeowners undertake. What’s not as common is a renovation that includes a full-service upgrade to a vintage car lover’s garage. We’ve written about part of this project before, but now we’re sharing all of it with you as a finalist for two renovation awards, one…

A black-and-white kitchen is a classic look that’s also timeless, elegant and definitely on trend. In this Barrhaven main-floor renovation, traditional styling with a modern twist has helped this kitchen become a finalist in the Greater Ottawa Home Builders’ Association Housing Design Awards this fall!

As we get ready for both the Ontario Home Builders’ Association Awards of Distinction on Sept. 24 and the Greater Ottawa Home Builders’ Association Housing Design Awards in October, we’d like to introduce you to our wonderful projects that have been nominated for awards, starting with this Rockcliffe Revamp.

It’s an exciting week for us here at Amsted — awards season is upon us and we’re up for a whopping 11 trophies! Announcements were made this week naming finalists for both the Greater Ottawa Home Builders’ Association Housing Design Awards and the Ontario Home Builders’ Association Awards of Distinction.

Wow, thanks to our awesome clients, we’ve just won an amazing 9th GuildQuality Guildmaster Award in a row for customer satisfaction! Here’s how.

We’re thrilled to announce that Amsted has been nominated for TWO prestigious national awards from the Canadian Home Builders’ Association! The CHBA National Awards for Housing Excellence saw more than 700 entries from across the country and it’s an honour to be chosen a finalist!

Often it’s the eye-popping renovations & additions that get the limelight, but all the behind-the-scenes work and details are equally as important as the finished project. That’s why we’re thrilled that Project Coordinator Paulette MacGregor, as well as all the effort we put into our signage, have been recognized as award winning, giving us a…

What a weekend! We were thrilled and proud that our team won three categories at the 2018 Housing Design Awards on Saturday! These awards celebrate the best of the best among the many companies that are part of the Greater Ottawa Home Builders’ Association and our wins were in categories that faced stiff competition.

A renovation that turns out so well, like this condo transformation, is a reward on its own, but when it’s also nominated for two Housing Design Awards it’s double the pleasure! This charming condo renovation overseen by Project Coordinator Paulette MacGregor turned an industrial space into a fresh, feminine retreat that’s layered in white, stylish…

We’re thrilled to announce that Amsted President Steve Barkhouse has won the prestigious 2018 Remodelers Advantage Impact Award! Chosen from among the top renovation companies in North America, it’s an achievement that’s not easy to attain and one that is awarded after a lengthy process that involves peer recognition, meeting strict criteria and demonstrating a…

It took our Director of Design, Chuck Mills, a long time to get around to redoing his own kitchen — much like that old saying about the cobbler being too busy to make shoes for his own children — but when he finally got to it, the result was a small kitchen design that packs a punch…